THE NEED FOR A LOGICALLY PLANNED WORLD

GOVERNMENT AND LAW (cont.)

It is common knowledge that in our present day, many--perhaps most--of the most critical functions in our world are attempted to be instituted and carried out by popularly elected persons, and/or by people appointed to their posts by such popularly elected persons.  Being "popular" enough to get yourself nominated for a position, or to obtain more votes than your opponent, does not signify that you are endowed with the greatest quantity of ability to make decisions nor to undertake and direct actions of the utmost importance--decisions and actions whose consequences often go on to affect the lives and welfare of millions for many years thereafter.  Neither does making better speeches, showing up more favorably in debates, and/or being able to raise or expend greater sums of money for campaign advertisements, transform one into the most appropriate person to be entrusted with such important tasks.

Of course, we all know that manyof the highest of these offices are often filled by persons having had years of service and experience in similar, but lesser, positions.  However, this only means that, as time went by, they have had to cultivate more and more popularity among a wider portion of their fellows and the population who voted them into these higher and higher offices.  Thus, it seems, they do not necessarily thereby gain more expertise--but only more experience and success in doing what is required to survive another election, or to be nominated for, and voted or appointed into, more important positions.

If the reasder's response to this refers to the fact that, in a democracy or republic, these leaders are guided and regulated by the mandates and approvals of an executive, legislature, and/or judiciary, it should be pointed out that these executives, legislators, and many judges as well are similarly but individuals or groups of people who were "popular" enough to obtain more votes than their respective, almost-as-popular opponents did when they ran for that office.

It is also granted that in the United States, and in a number of other nations as well, some judgeships, as well as the occupancy of a number of other important posts, are filled via appointment--or nomination followed by confirmation by a body such as our Senate--rather than via election.  But again, it appears that being a friend of, or endorsed by, one or a number of popularly elected leaders, so as to be carried up the ladder of appointed office, once more does not constitute a guarantee that the nominee or appointee is among the most qualified persons to deal with the subject matter of his or her office--which subject matter, again, might affect the well-being and future of our people and our world.

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Naturally, it seems even more obvious that persons who rule by reason of having been born into their positions--or into families of wealth and/or political or other sorts of power--are even less likely to be so qualified.

In all due respect, it also seems unlikely that government by religious leaders, or solely pursuant to the tenets of some ancient or more recent faith, can constitute the most efficient and effective way to direct and handle the many secular affairs and concerns that are a part of our twenty first century world.

And of course, it is but common sense to know that a person or group tough or cunning enough to snatch power, via force, fear, or a gang of armed cronies, can never, and will never, govern properly, wisely, or beneficially.  Witness, for example, the numerous instances in places such as Latin America and Africa, where military coups have frequently resulted in governments at least as corrupt and inefficient as those they replaced.

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What is herein urged is the eventual establishment of a governing body for the world which shall be composed of the most knowledgeable and competent persons in the various fields of endeavor that constitute the functions and operations of said governing body.

There would ne3ed to be developed a logical process of determination, via objective evaluation and examination, by the objectively appropriate experts, of the tasks as well as the possible candidates for their accomplishment, in a completely reasonab le and unbiased effort to thus ascertain the most qualified for these roles.  It is likely that most, if not all, of the people thus selected for leadership--or better, guidance--would be currently quite successfully carrying out their present occupations or endeavors.  I woyuld consequently vfemnture that such persons might need to be earnestly requested to assume the particular role to which he or she seems to best (or one of the best) suited, for the sake of humanity and the world.  Of course, in addition to the prospect of becoming a hero for the sake of mankindhe or she would have to be offered an appropriate compensation for giving successful current activities and undertaking the services to be rendered--which compensation would probably need to be a good deal more than the present salaries paid to elected and appointed officials.  In a unified world, the absence of the costs of arms and armies, expended in numerous places by the numerous governments of our numerous present nations, shpould enable such more generous financial rewards to be feasible.

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